Garden hose holder



Feb." 26, 1935. A. A. GABRIELSO N GARDEN HOSE HOLDER Filed July 17, 1935 Patented Feb; 26, 1935 V 4 GARDEN HOSE 'HoLDER f "Arthur :A. fqabrielson, Minneapolis, Application July-1' 7 1933, Serial No. 680,771 a; E iCiaims (Cllbdtig?) Y This'inventi'on relates to adevice for holding an object ofcylindrical or like form, such "as a held so the nozzle'points in a certain direction in i order to direct-the water upon the desired spotl' It is an object ofthis invention to provide a 9 device for holding 'a-gardenhose or like object which is of extremely simple construction"and which is easily operated and very efiicient. -It is another object of thisinventiontoprovide ahose' holder or similar devicemade of wires or 1 rods having intermediate portions formed "to" embrace the hose; saidwires or rods being connect ed'to swing about acommon axis and having their end portions bent and constructed and arranged -toen'gage the ground and 'hold said device in "the desired position.-

videa device forholding a hose or similar object comprising a pair of members having intermediate portions of; partly circular form; said-memaxis with said partly circular portions in opposing relation and adapted to embrace the hose,

the ends of said members being bent into substantially parallel relation inserted in the ground.

It is more specifically an object of this inven tion to provide a devicefor holding a hose or similar object comprising a pair of members in the form of wires. or rods having intermediate portions ofpartly circularform and oppositely disposed respectively on said members, said members having straight portions. at either end of said partly circular portions, one of said members being coiled about the other at said latter straight portions so that said members are hingedly connected, the ends of said membersbeing bent to extend in substantially parallel relation and having their ends sharpened so as to be thrust into the ground.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set forth in the following description made in connection with the-accome panying drawing, in which like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which:-+ V v.

I Fig.1 is a perspective view of the d'eviceshowing the same in operative position with a hose and arranged to bediiferent position being'indicated in dotted nn's;

'andf garden hose. As is well known, a garden'hose is now used a great deal to" sprinkle lawns and flower l Fig.4 is a plan view of thedevice': Referring to thefdrawinga devioe is shown 'o'omprisingaa pair "of-members. 1:0 7 and 11 and while these mightbe'variouslyformed, in the embodiment 'of r the invention illustrated, they are shown as made of small rods or wiresjs'aid members 10 and 11 have portions'll'i and'11gintermediate their ends which are'sl'rown as straight the device are substanand in the assembly of i i e tially parallel. Each member 10 and 11 has'part- 1y circular portions] 10b and 11b disposed respecf tively at the ends of portions 10a and lla'and disposedin planes substantially at rightangles t'o'port-ions lllaand 11a. 'Beyond portionsiiob and 111), members 10v and 11 have other straight portions 100 and 110, portions .100 being longiv :tudinally alin'ed and portions 110 being longitudi- -It is a' further object of this invention topro-Q nallyalined. Member 11 has portions 11dv which 1 are coiled aboutorwrapped around the portions loo respectively; Members 10 and 11 are thus V fhingedly connected to swing about 'thefiaxis of here being connected to swing about a common members'10c. Itwillbenoted; as stated, that the partly circular portions 101) and 11b, which) are oppositely disposed with their concave sides adjacent, are thus swingable about said axis toward and from each other. Member 11 beyond the portions 11d is bent so that its ends extend substantially parallel or-in slightly diverging re: lation, one end lle being somewhat longer than the opposite end 11f. Member. 10 has its end portions 10d and 10e bent at nearly a right angle to portions 100 and extending in substantially parallel or slightly diverging relation," endportion 10d being somewhat longer than portion 106.

The ends of members lle, 11f, 10d and 10e are sharpened so as to be easily thrust into the ground. 1

In operation whenit is'desiredto hold the hose shown as 12 in Fig. 1 to have thenozzle 1200 point ina certain direction, members 10 and 11 will be swung relatively to eachother so'that jportions 10a and 11a separate; The hose 12 can now be placed between portions 10a and 11a extending longitudinally thereof and members 10 and 11 will now be swung to move end portions lle and 10d apart. This causes portions 10b and 11b to embrace and clasp thehose 12. With the parts in thisposition the ends lle, 11f, 10d and 10e can be engaged firmly with the ground or the ends thereof thrust into the ground as shown in Fig.1

andhose 12 will thus be held firmly grasped. The

desired inclination can be given to the hose by thrusting the ends of the device further into the ground at either end thereof.

From the above description it will be seen that applicant has provided a 1 very simple and yet 5 very efiicient and easily operated device for holding a garden hose, or other cylindrical article. The device is very easily and inexpensively made and preferably will be made out of plated iron or steel wires soil, will be rustprooi. By engag- 1 ing the ends of the device firmly with the ground, the device is held in position firmly grasping the hose-so that it will not move out of the desired position; The device has been amply vdemorn strated in actual practice and has been found to h 15 be very successful and eflicient. r i It will; of course, be understoodthat various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions. of :the .parts, without departing from-the scope of applicants invention, which generally stated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects above set 'forth in the parts andcombinations of parts disclosed and defined intlie appended claims.

.Whatis claimed is:-' I .1. ,A hose holder 'having'in combination, a'pair of L members of ,rod or wirelike formation, each formed tol'have hose embracing portions at their intermediate parts and having substantially straightlongitudinally alined portions'at each r30 side of said portions, one of said members being wrapped about the other at said straight portionsso that said imembers are swingably connected and said first mentioned portions may -.s w in g toward and from each other, the ends of 5 said membersebeing bent at nearly a .right angle to said straight the ground. a 12 'A'deviceof the class described comprising a pairof Wires or rods having intermediate parallel 40 portions, partly circular portions at each end thereof disposed in planes substantially at right angles to said portions,.said wires or rods having other straight portions beyondand at each end of said partly circulariportions, one of said wires or portions and-adapted to engage rods being coiled' about the last mentioned straight portions of the other to connect said members so as to be swingable about the axis of one of said last mentioned straight portions, the

ends of said members being bent into" substantially parallel relation at an angle to said axis and having their ends sharpened to be pushed into the ground.

3; A device of the class described comprising.

two membersiormed of wires -.or rods .connected at spaced pointslto swing about a common axis, said members being formed into-partly circular portions at one side of said axis and between said points so as to embrace a hose or other cylindrical object, said members having their end portions .bent to extend eat the opposite side of said axis and being constructed and arranged to engage the ground.

. 4. A .device of the class described comprising two members formed of wires or rods connected formed withintei mediate-and partly circularportions alined transversely-of said axis and oppositely :curved to embrace a :hose'or .other cylin- .dl'ical object, both end portions of each ofasaid members being bent at an-angle to said axis to extend in asubstantially opposite direction away from said .axisassaidcircular portions and being adapted to engage the ground.

,5.. A deviceoi. the class described comprising a pair-0f wires .orlrods having interengagingporcylindrical object, said wires or rods at the: other side of said-,axis extendingisubstantiallyat right angles .totsaid-axis and in the same general dime-- tionas said :curved portions and having their ends adapted to bethrust-intothe ground. j c ARTHUR A. ABRIEL Q V --to gether.to --swing about a .cormnon-axisyzand 

